Homage to Gaia : the life of an independent scientist / James Lovelock.
Homage to Gaia : the life of an independent scientist / James Lovelock.
Homage to Gaia : the life of an independent scientist / James Lovelock.
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N509.2/22
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxiii, 428 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Contents
1. Childhood -- 2. The Long Apprenticeship -- 3. Twenty Years of Medical Research -- The Voyage on HMS Vengeance in 1949 -- 4. The Mill Hill Institute -- The Year in Boston -- My Last Years at the Mill Hill Institute -- 5. The First Steps to Independence at Houston, Texas -- 6. The Independent Pract...
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Edition
1st Oxford pbk.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2001.
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"Lovelock, a most unusual scientist, tells us of his childhood and an apprenticeship that led him directly to a life of science. After twenty years of medical research, he chose to work independently at home. This strange way of life succeeded beyond his dreams and it was his invention of the Electron Capture Detector, the most sensitive chemical d...
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Homage to Gaia : the life of an independent scientist / James Lovelock.
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Includes index.
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N509.2/22
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74Vv8zjW4pLd
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ISBN
0198604297 (pbk.)
9780198604297 (pbk.)
DDC
509.2
MMS ID
991014185309702626
